Over 1 million Chinese visited France last year. However, with the speed in which word of mouth travels in China, recent attacks on Chinese tourists in Paris have French tourism authorities pledging to ensure their safety or risk losing valuable tourism dollars.

Avid consumers of luxury goods, Chinese people are known for spending a lot of money when travelling abroad and often carry big sums of money on them, making them prime targets for criminals. ~South China Morning Post

CHINESE tourism officials have asked French authorities to do more to protect their citizens - after an attack on a group of Chinese tourists visiting Paris last week. Some 23 tourists lost their passports and €7,500 in cash when they were attacked by three men while leaving a restaurant at Le Bourget, in the Seine-Saint-Denis. Read more here.

French Tourism Minister Sylvia Pinel Tuesday pledged to ensure the security of travellers after 23 Chinese visitors were robbed of their cash and passports just after they arrived in Paris. Read more here.

he 23 tourists, from East China’s Jiangsu Province, were robbed while dining at a restaurant near the airport. At least four thieves carried out the robbery, stealing passports, flight tickets and cash collectively held by the tour group’s guide, who was injured. Read more here.